RE: Help Digiital Betacam DVWA500 frozen OT

["Chasteen, Howard" <Howard.Chasteen(at)fotf.org>]

Try power off [after the heads spin down] and then hold the eject button while powering on. After you get your tape out power off and on again and then reset the control settings.

 

Howard C.

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Mark Rachall
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:48 AM
To: 'DS(at)Softimage.COM'
Subject: RE: Help Digiital Betacam DVWA500 frozen OT

Have you checked the control panel  switch under the front panel. I have had someone accidently trip that switch when trying to set up external time code. I think the choices are external and internal and it should be on inernal.

 

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Jeff Krebs
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:02 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Help Digiital Betacam DVWA500 frozen OT

 

Help on this OT

 

Digitizing from a betasp tape inside my DVWA500

I go to eject the tape. The front panel buttons is frozen.  I can't use any of the buttons.

 

I DOUBLE CHECK THE KEY INHIBIT BUTTON, to make sure I did not accidentally hit it. Nothing wrong, the KEY INHIBIT IS OFF.

Remote is disabled.

 

I check everything, I was the only person around, Nobody touched my machine 2 minutes earlier.  The only way I can use the Dbeta machine is through a remote. from another machine or the DS.

 

Any clues? Has the microprocessor that controls the front panels bit the dust.

 

Thanks for any quick information.

 

Jeff